Adoption of improved wheat varieties and impacts on household food security in Ethiopia

Food Policy

Volumn 44, Issue , 2014, Pages 272-284

  Shiferaw, Bekele ^a   Kassie, Menale ^b   Jaleta, Moti ^c   Yirga, Chilot ^d  

^a Partnership for Economic Policy (PEP)   (Kenya)

^b INTERNATIONAL MAIZE AND WHEAT IMPROVEMENT CENTER CIMMYT   (Kenya)

^c International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)   (Ethiopia)

^d ETHIOPIAN INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Endogenous switching regression; Ethiopia; Food security; Generalized propensity score; Treatment effects; Wheat variety adoption

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH; CROP PRODUCTION; FOOD SECURITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WELFARE IMPACT; WHEAT;

ETHIOPIA;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84893784384     PISSN: 03069192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2013.09.012     Document Type: Article

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